In my Ceramics class we learned how to pinch the clay to make a bowl shaped figure. We were taught not to pinch to much but enough to make the clay smooth and not cracked. We also learned to start from the bottom of the clay and work our way up in the bowl. Water is also very important with smoothing the clay out. This bowl is a Cizhou painted and incised deep bowl, Northern Song Jin Dynasty (960-1234). This work was offered as a Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics and went for $785,000. I had chosen this image of Incising which was very fascinating to me because of the art work and design they had made. The person did a great job in smoothing the clay, which looks like it had taken a long tine to make it not cracked and did an awesome job in carving a fish underwater design into the bowl.
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